Dedan Kimathi “I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.”

Barack Obama “I think when you spread the wealth around it is good for everybody.”

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The New Africa :: Afrigator

JohnKaranja.com has now joined the AFRIGATOR Streamer and to celebrate our expanded presence in the African Blogosphere. To celebrate we are posting a video to show the beauty of African Cities from Cairo to Cape Town, Abidjan to Nairobi, Maputo to Lagos. Enjoy. Nice Soundtrack.
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Kenya’s Armed Forces. Pictures and Facts…

The piracy problem affecting shipping transport across the horn of Africa has become a problem for the Kenyan Economy because it is diminishing the volume of shipping using the Indian Ocean route and endangering the lives of crew and seafarers that use this route. Kenya’s Chief of Staff General Jeremiah Kianga was recently quoted as [...]

Of Parental Divorce and Children

Parental divorce generally harms children significantly in the long term financially, psychologically, socially, physically and mentally. This due to these children lacking social capital, a term used to decribe social and emotional support systems that exist due to the existence of families within society (James Coleman). This is fundamentally because divorce involves the separation of [...]

Nairobi Metropolis 2030. Is it another Pipe Dream?

The government lead by President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga launched an ambitious project to make Nairobi an International hub like any other modern cities. This plan is expected to cost Kenyans Kshs 33 Trillion a figure that by our current Kenyan budget will take 47 years to raise. The plan covers key areas like [...]

Of Banks, $50 Billion Pyramid Schemes & The Kenyan Economy.

It is pretty amazing to discover that many of the worlds biggest Banks could get taken in by the exploits of one  well connected individual. It just goes to show how massive greed has corrupted the financial system all over the world and the full effect is yet to be felt by Emerging Economies such [...]

Beware moral equivalence on post-poll attacks(Kenya)

As politicians create the post-election violence tribunal, it is important not to lose sight of the moral high ground factor at the heart of the troubles earlier this year.
Above all, from the very outset, all persons of goodwill must avoid the trap of moral equivalence. This will be the first and last resort of the [...]

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